Word Challenge: Use at least one of these in daily conversation today: (Comment if successful)

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(Dedicated to Mervin, my friend.)

pleiad  \PLEE-ad\   noun
: a group of usually seven illustrious or brilliant persons or things

sitzmark   \SITS-mark\   noun
: a depression left in the snow by a skier falling backward

fletcher  \FLETCH-er\   noun
: a maker of arrows

shank's mare   \SHANKS-MAIR\   noun
: one's own legs

anathematize   \uh-NATH-uh-muh-tyze\   verb
: curse, denounce

scarify   \SKAIR-uh-fye\   verb
1 : to make scratches or small cuts in (as the skin)
2 : to lacerate the feelings of
3 : to cut or soften the wall of (a hard seed) to hasten germination

sericeous   \suh-RISH-us\   adjective
: covered with fine silky hair

haplology   \hap-LAH-luh-jee\   noun
: contraction of a word by omission of one or more similar sounds or syllables
Example sentence:
Johnny's teacher, determined to stomp out any instances of haplology in her classroom, corrected him every time he pronounced "probably" as "problee."

Bonus Word:
heliolatry   \hee-lee-AH-luh-tree\   noun
: sun worship
Example sentence:
      The Egyptians, who personified the sun as the god Ra, were one of numerous ancient cultures that practiced heliolatry.